PokeBox SD Card Case v2

thingiverse

To start with let me say that I've 3D printed a few different Pokeball themed cases from Thingiverse including a hollow round one and a square one which was designed to hold game cartridges. I remixed one part of that one to make it hold SD cards instead. The one thing that has been the same for all of the Pokeball cases I've printed is the way they handled the middle ring. Basically, they slip the middle ring in half so that the button fits halfway between both halves. Having tried to assemble a few of these, I was never satisfied with the ugly cap that always appeared where the two halves came together. I decided I had a better way to handle this. So that's what I did. I was originally just going to design a new center ring and post it as a remix but I decided I wanted to change other things too and before I knew it, I had redesigned the whole case. That being said, I did decide to keep the basic dimensions of the originally designed case. That way you can use my improved center ring design on his case. I felt this was a good way to pay homage to the original design, plus I didn't want people asking me or a version to hold game cartridges and figures that they could just use his design if I made the parts compatible. My center ring parts will be compatible with his designs but the rest of my parts won't mix with his so don't try. Print all parts with as many walls as you want but if you don't have enough, you'll be able to see through to the infill. Print the top and bottom with 10% infill. Print the ring parts with 20% infill. Print the button, collet, and latch with 100% infill. If you have the know-how to adjust the infill of specific portions of your print separate from the rest of the print then I recommend adjusting the hinges on the top and ring parts so that they have 100% infill in the hinge and where the hinge connects. This will give the hinge a lot of extra strength but shouldn't be necessary if you treat the box with care. You'll want to print the button with 100% infill. I know it doesn't look like it needs it, but unless you can find the perfect spring, you'll need to drill and adjust the hole size. Assembly of the button and ring is self-explanatory just looking at it so I won't go into detail other than recommending you have a clamp handy while the glue is drying. The latch I'm going to explain: First of all, the back of the latch is the side that's flat. Place glue on the lower backside of the latch. There's a slot on the inside of the top towards the front of the box. Place the latch in this slot so that the back of the latch is towards the front of the box. Glue the ring to the bottom. Cut a piece of black filament and use it as a hinge pin to connect the top to the ring. Once they're connected and you've verified the box opens and closes correctly, glue the filament to the ring on both ends. Enjoy! Also, if you want to cut down on print times, check out the two remixes I've posted: Minimalist and Ultra-Minimalist.